Example sentences of "[verb] as she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , as Luke raised her hand to his mouth , response was quivering to life deep down in the heart of her femininity , flickering and then leaping as she felt the sensual brush of his lips . |
| 2 | His gentleness was fake , she knew that now , his face distorted as she looked at him . |
| 3 | Maria 's heart clenched as she slanted a look at his grim countenance . |
| 4 | Maria 's anger abated as she realised how much the answer meant to him . |
| 5 | Katherine 's voice cracked as she called her daughter 's name , and she repeated herself , more softly this time . |
| 6 | She marvelled even more though when Cara 's basic efficiency surfaced as she declared , ‘ By my calculations you 'll still have time to get down to Dover after you 've dropped me off at the airport . ’ |
| 7 | She was laughing as she went back to the garden and Wickham . |
| 8 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 9 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
| 10 | Quite out of the blue her sense of the ridiculous erupted ; the parallel he 'd drawn appealed to her , and she found herself actually laughing as she handed him one of the bowls . |
| 11 | Christina followed her eagerly , laughing as she showed her friend how to body-surf on the smaller waves , and then how to dive and tread water waiting for a really big wave . |
| 12 | Ellen was laughing as she tried to stop the gunk that still spewed from the cylinder . |
| 13 | Ruth was still laughing as she closed the bathroom door after her . |
| 14 | Anxious as she was about the neighbours , she could n't help laughing as she hurried downstairs . |
| 15 | Her brows rose as she glared at him . |
| 16 | Her brows rose as she bristled inwardly . |
| 17 | Stella did too — ; after all , she was one of them — until a picture grew in her head of Dawn Allenby in St Ives 's bed-sitter , cheeks hollowed as she sucked on her peppermints , the gas fire burning blue , those unwrapped , unwanted flowers lying on the table . |
| 18 | Fergie frowns as she discovers she 's more than skin and bone |
| 19 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 20 | Why she had tacked that last bit on , Leith found it difficult to know as she made her way to the car park . |
| 21 | Her eyes dilated as she arched away . |
| 22 | She was still praying as she emptied the bucket over the logs . |
| 23 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 24 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 25 | Henrietta now grumbled as she awoke . |
| 26 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 27 | Silly , silly man , she mused as she struck out strongly for the other side of the pool . |
| 28 | It would have been a particular thrill to have met the man who could pen such material , she mused as she closed the lid on her suitcase for the last time on Tuesday morning , but she knew that that was out of the question . |
| 29 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 30 | She did not know as she smiled innocently at the flowers that behind the cigarette smoke was the cause of future sorrow in her life . |